...WALKING SPANISH... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: F#m)
Verse 1:
(n.c) Em A7
He's got himself a homemade special,
EmA7EmA7
You know his glass is full of sand.
EmA7EmA7
And it feels just like a jaybird,
EmA7B7
The way it fits into his hand.
EmA7
He rolled a blade up in his trick towel,
EmA7EmA7
They slap their hands against the wall.
EmA7EmA7
You never trip, you never stumble;
B7A7EmEm
He's walking Spanish, down the hall.
Verse 2:
A7EmA7
Slip him a picture of our Jesus,
EmA7EmA7
Or give him a spoon to dig a hole.
EmA7EmA7
What all he done, ain't no one's business,
EmA7B7
But he'll need blankets for the cold.
EmA7
They dim the lights over on Broadway,
EmA7EmA7
Even the king has bowed his head.
EmA7EmA7
And every face looks right up at Mason;
B7A7EmB7
Man, he's walking Spanish down the hall.
Verse 3:
(n.c) Em A7
Litella's screeching for a blind pig,
EmA7EmA7
Punk Sanders carved it out of wood.
EmA7EmA7
He never sang when he got hoodwinked,
EmA7B7
They tried it all, but he never would.
EmA7
Tomorrow morning, there'll be laundry,
EmA7EmA7
But he'll be somewhere else, to hear the call,
EmA7EmA7
Don't say good-bye; he's just leaving early,
B7A7EmEm
He's walking Spanish down the hall.
Solo:
Em A7 (x6), B7
Em A7 (x5), B7 A7, Em B7
Verse 4:
(n.c) Em A7
All St. Bartholemew said, was whispered,
EmA7EmA7
Into the ear of Blind Jack Dawes.
EmA7EmA7
All Baker told the ma-chine,
EmA7B7
Was that he never broke the law.
EmA7
Go on and tip your hat up to the Pilate,
EmA7EmA7
Take off your watch, your rings and all.
EmA7EmA7
Even Jesus wanted just a little more time,
B7A7Em
When he was walking Spanish down the hall.
Outro:
EAEm
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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